The United States swept Poland in the semifinals while Italy lost one match in their defeat of Greece.

[2] Each city hosted two groups of three countries in a round robin format in the first week of the tournament.

There was one men's singles and one women's singles match in each day or session, with the mixed doubles match taking place in the second day or in the evening session.

The group winners in each host city played off for one of three semi-final spots with the highest ranked host city playoff loser, taking into account all ties, becoming the fourth semi-finalist.

There was a travel day allocated before the semi-finals and final take place in Sydney.